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YEAR: 1973

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Distribution of contraceptives in the commercial sector of the Philippines.

AUTHORS

Westinghouse Population Center

SOURCE

Research report submitted to the United States Agency for International

Development, June 1973. 158 p

ABSTRACT

This report of the current and potential role of the distribution of contraceptives through all available commercial

channels in the Philippines attempts to identify and evaluate the existing contraceptive market, the channels of

distribution and the potential for increased private section participation in expanding the availability and usage of

contraceptive products. Included in the report are surveys of manufacturers, importers, distributors, retail outlet

owners, and actual and potential consumers of contraceptives. Also included are the attitudes of these people,

consumer profiles, legal requirements, price structures and analyses of these surveys. (PubHealth.info Document

ID: CONT8T 548-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Distribution of contraceptives in the commercial sector of

the Philippines.", is(are) Westinghouse Population Center. The source of this article is "Research report submitted

to the United States Agency for International Development, June 1973. 158 p". This article was published in 1973 in

English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT8T 548-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

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